CollectionGeorge IV Bills
ReferenceGEO/MAIN/34805-34830
Record TypeCorrespondence
Financial records
TitleGeorge IV's Privy Purse accounts for properties in Windsor, Bagshot, Richmond, Kew etc.
Date1820-1821
DescriptionGEO/MAIN/34805-34813: Abstract of Bills for work done in the alterations and repairs of the houses on Kew Green (formerly belonging to Hunter, Meyer and Crutchley) – bricklayers, slaters, glaziers, plasterers, masons, smiths, plumbers and painters, including a list of tradesmen, Christmas 1820. 9 documents
GEO/MAIN/34814: Bill from James Henderson (Carver and Guilder) for work done at Kew Green, including a note made by Thomas Hardwick stating that the work has
been overcharged, 5 February 1821. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/34815-34816: Letter from Robert Gray to Sir Benjamin Bloomfield stating that the Collectors of the Poor and Highways Rates at Kew urgently require payment of the assessments on George IV’s property and suggesting that the payment ought not to come from the Privy Purse, 30 March 1821. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/34817: Salaries, allowances and disbursements at Kew, as stated by Miss Sarah Tunstall (Housekeeper), 29 January 1820 – 5 April 1821. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/34818: Letter from Timothy Brent to Robert Gray regarding payment of accounts respecting the Kew Establishment, 10 July 1821. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/34819: Letter from Robert Gray to Sir Benjamin Bloomfield suggesting that if the Observatory salaries were paid from the Privy Purse, the remainder of the Establishment would probably be taken under the Lord Steward’s Department, 10 July 1821. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/34820-34821: Kew – Quarterly Accounts: salaries, allowances etc. charged in the accounts of Miss Sarah Tunstall (Housekeeper), deducting the sums payable to Demainbray and Rigaud of the Observatory, 1820-1821. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/34822: Letter from Timothy Brent to Robert Gray accompanying a draft for £1500 as a loan for the Kew Establishment, as instructed by Sir Benjamin Bloomfield, 12 July 1821. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/34823: Letter from Robert Gray to Miss Sarah Tunstall (Housekeeper) reporting that £1500 has been provided for payment of the Kew Establishment arrears and enquiring how the money should be issued, 12 July. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/34824-34825: Statement of salaries and disbursements at Kew by Sarah Tunstall (Housekeeper), 1820-1821. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/34826-34827: Letter from Sir Benjamin Bloomfield to Robert Gray enclosing claims for Rates from the Parish of Kew, 21 May 1821. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/34828-34829: Bills for Rates from the Parish of Kew, signed by John Austin (Overseer), 1821. 2 documents
GEO/MAIN/34830: Bill for Rates from the Parish of Kew, signed by William Rowland (Overseer), 1819-1820. 1 document
LanguageEnglish
Extent22 documents
Physical DescriptionLoose manuscript papers
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